FounderFuel: The simple questions that can set you free as a startup leader
As entrepreneurs we often find ourselves in the role of leader by default. We set out with a business vision in mind, inspire people to join us and on the journey we inevitably inherit this role as the team grows. The question then becomes, what kind of leader do you want to be, and what will get the best out of your team? Do you even identify with the term leader? Often the idea of a
FounderFuel: How team values can be a rallying force for a growing start-up
As founders, we’ve probably all sat down at some point and written a list of values for our ventures, but are these values effectively driving the team culture? Values at their best are about shaping how team members work together; they are about behaviours, and they can be a powerful rallying call for a scaling team. The idea of culture is often held up as some magical force in a business - one that is hard
FounderFuel LIVE with two-time world record holder Laura Penhaul
How can we form teams that can really deliver under pressure? How can we deal with uncertainty as founders to lead the team when it really matters? What team behaviours drive a team to be truly effective? And… What do you do if you and your small team were in the middle of the Pacific, unsupported and you discover a fire in the boat? These questions and many more were explored with world-record holder Laura Penhaul
FOUNDER FUEL: Fuel your resilience with little wins each day
It takes a special kind of resilience to be an entrepreneur – we all know running a startup is a marathon, not a sprint – so we need to make sure it stays topped up to go the distance. This little habit is all about doing just that. Resilience was rated by founders as the most important skill or characteristic needed as an entrepreneur, with 92% of founders selecting it over problem-solving, motivation and even communication
FOUNDER FUEL: Focus on what matters with your Big Rocks every week
Time is a fixed resource, which makes your time as a founder a precious asset. Through this lens, perhaps our most important job is to define which priorities get our time and focus. Once we’ve done that we can make time for these priorities. That’s what our Big Rocks FounderFuel habit is all about. It’s not easy though… This ruthless focus is a particularly tough ask of entrepreneurs. More often than not, we’re wearing multiple hats
FOUNDER FUEL: Let’s give rest and recovery a rebrand in your head…
As an entrepreneur there is always more that we could do. How many times can you hear yourself thinking “If I can just get this finished” or “I should just do this one last thing” at the end of your day or week? Maybe it’s the craving to achieve just a bit more and get that hit of dopamine for ticking something else off the list. Or perhaps it’s that misplaced sense of guilt that
FOUNDER FUEL: Is planning always the best for your team? The conundrum of perceivers and judgers
Do some of your team start to get really uncomfortable when you start changing their plans? Or others start twitching when you are trying to agree to deadlines? This is the conundrum of the Judger and Perceiver personality traits, and it could well be having an impact on your project deliverables and team dynamics. It turns out that whether we plan every detail of a holiday, or just love to go with the flow, it has
Featured in Inc Magazine: Building through burnout to emerge stronger in business
Big shout out to Cameron Albert-Deich of Inc magazine for this moving story on founder wellbeing featuring weare3Sixty - amazing to see it as the main homepage story too! It is a bold and heart-warming founder story punctuated by the panic attacks, sleepless nights, anxiety and derailed health that we hear so much about from founders here in the UK. But this story really focuses on how positive changes can make us STRONGER as founders (something
Founder Fuel: Feed your inner introvert or extrovert to get the best from you and your team
Ever wonder why one of the smartest people in your team is staying silent in a meeting on a subject they know about? Or why someone else just doesn’t seem to want to stop talking? The answer lies on the Introversion Extroversion scale. Understanding the differences between these two can really help team dynamics - even more so now most of us are working remote and interacting on Zoom. In fact, helping your team to simply
Tech Nation boosts founder resilience by launching FounderCircles with weare3Sixty
weare3sixty and Tech Nation have today announced that monthly FounderCircles from weare3Sixty will become part of the Applied AI programme and the FinTech programme this winter. The FounderCircles, which will be facilitated by weare3sixty entrepreneur-focused coaches, are designed to give founders the skills and peer-support required for the rollercoaster ride of running and scaling a startup. Despite the often-glamorised image of entrepreneurship, the reality is very different. In fact, eight out of ten founders often feeling